TC = Twin Cities, as Fairportfan correctly got. It’s also the reason for the symbol on the Twins’ baseball cap. The other “shorthand” I usually use is MSP for Minneapolis-St. Paul (which I believe is the actual airport code for the International Airport).

She works in a basement office, away from the public. Have you ever seen how museum folk dress that are not in the public eye? You’d want to give them a dollar if you saw them on the street. They can pretty much dress however they want.

She complained about that profusely after her first major showing back in the day. I suspect that after she did so well with the Peruvian Mummies (how she found Tepoz, IIRC), the “local photographer” (Kevin) and the Aztec Graffiti (Yummy Tea), her boss let her just do the research stuff. I also suspect her attire changes depending on what she’s doing at work.

I don’t think so. Man eater, man trap, and the like are derogatory terms when compared to man killer, or lady killer. They refer to an vile person who is not concerned with anyone’s feelings, using people and dropping them like playthings. Lady/man killer is simply someone who is very attractive to the other gender (sometimes their own gender) and knows it. Not that they can’t also be vile about it as well, but it’s not implied as it is in the other terms.

I think being nearly 7″ and the literal definition of statuesque qualifies her as man killer, man eater, man trap – and come to think of it, let’s not discriminate: She’s also now probably quite the lady killer now too.

Well I must be broken or something…
This strip annoys me on so many points that I feel that I am in some extreme minority and should just stop reading Wapsi for a while till I get a better opinion or such… before I say something that will just flame up…
Carry on people.

I think I understand somewhat, Nimrod. I find myself wondering when someone like Elisabeth Bathory-in-immortal-form is going to make an appearance, but they’ll be ok since they are sorry for murdering all those people so long ago. I would say someone like Hitler, but it appears, in the Waspi-verse, only female mass-killers are forgiven. On the other hand, Paul has stuck to the fantasy world, bringing on characters who never actually existed as anything real, thus never did any of the things the story line suggests, unlike Bathory or Hitler.

But it’s Paul’s strip to do with as he pleases. If I don’t like it I can stop reading as he says. I stick with the series because it’s so well done and because the bottom-line message is that anyone can be redeemed and contribute to the good, no matter their past. Forgiveness, the great healer of the world.

Given the number of major villains or mass-murderers (if only by implication) who have become superheroes in mainstream comics (it used to be almost predictable at Marvel – i mean, Magneto? Emma Frost? Rogue? – and that’s just the X-Men…), i hardly think this is particularly outre.

Besides – the Sphinx killed people because that was her created nature. Phix stopped doing that, apparently of her own volition.

Well, yeah, but it can be said that Bud, Brandi, and Jin were created/transformed as killers by nature as well. They are kept in check now by their own guilt for past misdeeds, just like Phix.

I stopped caring about superhero comics when they stopped being heros and started being killers. Or, at least started having people killed in them. I’ve never watched any of the movies made about them, nor will I ever.

Given her history, it seems Phix would be better suited to be a teacher rather than a librarian – though I suppose the school board would have concerns each time she devoured a third-grader for giving the wrong answer.

Oh, Wow. That IS a perfect fit, I must agree. I’m usually horrible with names of actresses, actors, etc…. Plus I don’t watch too many movies, or an exorbitant amount of TV, so, I admit to having to use google to look up an image. The face isn’t an exact match, but it has the same exact feel. The hair vs. the eye brows, the ethnicity/exoticism, etc. It would be a lovely fit. Have we yet decided or thought on other actors/actresses for other cast members?

How much more simple to just tell the truth – “It’s what I was named. I don’t know why.”
If a lie must be told, make it simple: “I am told I was named after the Sphinx, in Egypt. Apparently my parents were impressed by it.”

Ah memories. Ya gotta watch out for the tall ones. They seem to have a tendency to throw their weight around. Maybe because they also tend to be dragged into sports and learn to get pretty physical. I’ll never forget this one tall lover my mom had. One night they were having a really heated argument at dinner when she came right across the table at my mom. It was bad.

I can just imagine how much worse it could have been had it been Phix. Transforming into her Sphinx form in the process On the other hand, maybe her motherly self (assuming she has one) might have kicked in and wisked my 6 year old self away with her afterwards for great adventures in other worlds … sigh …

As for my own personal thoughts not tied to replies, I LOVE the pose. The fact she’s mentioning her higher self-esteem, at the hands of Brandi, no less…. (I Do wonder if that girl may try to become a match maker beyond just a fellow shopper, etc. to help you pick out the sexiest of outfits.) And striking such a pose, with that handbag that accentuates her stature, those strappy killer heels, and the business-casual-sex type attire…. I really love the outfit and pose, just wishing I knew if there was a succinct description for that leg pose I’ve seen from so many magazine models. Also, the fact did not go unnoticed that Monica, like many realistic women, won’t wear her boots/heels/shoes/etc. all day around the office and probably has them stashed under her desk. That tidbit of realism is nicely snuck/ (or for the UK fellas and felines on here) sneaked in there.

So M’s going to be The Librarian?
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That was a reference, BTW. Think Indiana Jones turned into a series of made-for-tv movies directed by Joss Whedon. That may be a slight hyperbole, but that’s the best description I could come up with.

Also, I always found Phix to be kind of hot in an odd way. Now I don’t have to be as awkward about feeling that.